Who We Are

At Justworks, you’ll enjoy a welcoming and casual environment, great benefits, wellness program offerings, company retreats, and the ability to interact with and learn from leaders in the startup community. We work hard and care about our most prized asset - our people.

We’re helping businesses get off the ground by enabling them to focus on running their business. We solve HR issues. We’re data-driven and never stop iterating. If you’d like to work in a supportive, entrepreneurial environment, are interested in building something meaningful and having fun while doing it, we’d love to hear from you.

We're united by shared goals and shared motivations at Justworks. These are best summed up in our company values, which are reflected in our product and in our team.

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If this sounds like you, you’ll fit right in.

Senior Software Engineer – Justworks, Inc. – 55 Water Street, Floor 29, New York, NY 10041 

Salary range: $180,000 – 198,000

DUTIES: Be responsible for separating data and functionality as necessary. Demonstrate an understanding and use of automated testing as a productivity multiplier. Work closely with product managers, UX designers, and other engineers to scope, design, and build new features and functionality. Collaborate with a cross functional team to find solutions to customer challenges. Take ownership of designing and developing functionalities that are exposed via web. Promote engineering excellence through technical leadership, knowledge-sharing, and mentorship. Add capabilities to a high-volume, fault-tolerant processing infrastructure. Implement internal services. Enhance a testing, monitoring, and continuous deployment infrastructure. Keep extremely sensitive data compartmentalized and secure. Perform other related duties as assigned.

REQUIREMENTS: Bachelor's degree or higher in Software Engineering, Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related technical field required. Five years of professional hands-on experience required. Five years of experience in large-scale Ruby on Rails or JavaScript/React applications required. Five years of experience in object-oriented design and coding required. Four years of experience in data structures and algorithms required. Five years of experience building new features from scratch, using clean, organized, and scalable code required. Four years of experience supporting other engineers and acting as a technical lead required. Five years of experience working with complicated systems at scale required. Five years of experience working using Agile/Scrum methodology in a fast-paced environment required. Five years of experience in a high-growth environment working with deadlines and milestones required. Must be able to work a hybrid work arrangement with Tuesdays required in office.

Must have legal authority to work in the U.S. EEOE.

E-mail resume to: Danielle Gavish and Josh Siegel, Justworks, Inc., 55 Water Street, Floor 29, New York, NY 10041. dgavish@justworks.com. jsiegel@justworks.com. Please reference P24 + job title in cover letter or subject line.

Actual compensation is based on multiple factors that are unique to each candidate, including and not limited to skill set, level of relevant experience, and specific work location.  Salary ranges for positions based in other locations may differ based on the cost of labor in that location. 

For more information about Justworks’ Total Reward Philosophy, including all of the perks and benefits we are proud to offer our team members, please visit Total Rewards @ Justworks

Diversity At Justworks

Justworks is committed to maintaining a workplace where diversity of identity, culture, and life experience is the norm and is celebrated authentically and respected consistently. Diversity in our work, our people, and our product drives creativity and innovation, entrepreneurial leadership and integrity, competitiveness, and collaboration throughout our business and in the market. We depend on our differences to make our team stronger, our workplace more dynamic, and our product accessible to all of our customers.

We’re proud to be an equal opportunity employer open to all qualified applicants regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital or familial status, disability, pregnancy, gender identity or expression, veteran status, genetic information, or any other legally protected status. Justworks is fully dedicated to providing necessary support to candidates with disabilities who may require reasonable accommodations. We also provide reasonable accommodations to employees based on their sincerely held religious beliefs, as well as for other covered reasons consistent with applicable federal, state, and local laws. If you're in need of a reasonable accommodation, please reach out to us at accommodations@justworks.com. Your comfort and success matter to us, and we're here to ensure an inclusive experience.

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